Moses Mather's Reply to Blind Submission to The King: 

America's Appeal to the Impartial World

[This is a 50 page sermon from 1775 which I will try to condense.  Moses Mather served as Minister in Darien, Connecticut.  The British put him in jail twice for his views.]

The king must have the consent of the governed.  Biblically, authority comes from God through the voice and consent of the people.  Magna Carta is unique in human history by controlling the power of the king. The House of Commons had as an unalienable right to originate all money bills.  This has been the history of Britain and its American children for over 800 years.

"The king's power does not come from the crown, it comes from the constitution of the colonies (their consent).  Power is derived from the Almighty and our consent.

"Government originates (under God) from the people.  Monarchy, aristocracy and democracy have failed in their turn.  Civil government is a temporary remedy against the ill effects of general depravity.

"The king by removing his protection and levying war against us has discharged us of our allegiance and of all obligations to obedience.. He having violated the compact on his part, we of course are released from ours...The king has discharged us of our allegiance and forced us from our dependence, and we are become necessarily independant. [sp]"

"The king broke off the agreement and we are not bound by it, especially when he has withdrawn his protection and declared war on us."